Michael Curry

Michael Bruce Curry (13 March 1953-) was Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church from 1 November 2015, succeeding Katharine Jefferts Schori.

Biography
Michael Bruce Curry was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1953 to a family descended from African-American slaves and sharecroppers who moved from North Carolina and Alabama to Illinois during the Great Migration. In 1978, he became an ordained Episcopalian deacon, and he served as Bishop of North Carolina from 2000 to 2015. In 2015, he was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the first African-American to hold the title.